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(No Model.)

F. O. WINBY & W. STRIGKLAND.

FISH JOINT AND FISH JOINT GHAIR FOR RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY RAILS.

No. 419,577. Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK CHARLES WINBY, OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, AND ALTERSTRIOKLAND, OF WOODFORD, COUNTY OF ESSEX, ENGLAND.

FISH-JOINT AND t'lSH-JOINT CHAIR FOR RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,577, dated January14, 1890.

. Application filed November 28, 1888- Serial No. 292,162. (No model.)Patented in Belgium September 10, 1888,1103. 62,003 and 83,214; inFrance Novemberl6, 1888, No. 181,103 in Germany November 20, 1888, No.47,917; in England November 23, 1888, No. 17,036; in Austria-HungaryPebruary17, 1889, No. 48,736; in Russia June 21,1889, No. 7,225; inSpain July 1, 1889,110. 1,621; in Canada August 14, 1889, No. 32,090,and in Italy September 30, 1889, No. 25,830.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREDERICK CHARLES WINBY, engineer, and WALTERSTRIOKLAND, gentleman, citizens of Great Britain, residing,respectively, at Brighton, in the county of Sussex, and Woodford, in thecounty of Essex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements inFish-Joints and Fish-Joint Chairs for Railway and Tramway Rails,(patented in Great Britain, No. 17,036, November 23, 1888; also in thefollowing countries: Belgium, Nos. 62,003 and 83,214, September 10,1888; France, No.181,103,-November 16, 1888; Germany, No. 47,917,November 20, 1888; Austria-Hungary, N 0. 48,736, February 17, 1889;Russia, No. 7,225, June 2], 1889; Spain, No. 1,521, July 1, 1889;Canada, No. 32,090, August 14, 1889, and Italy, No. 25,830, September30, 1889, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to give additional strength to'thejoints of railway and tramway rails and prevent vertical deflection atthe joints and also-prevent cantlng of the rail.

Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, are cross-sections of the ends of the rails,fish plates or joints, and fish-joint chairs. Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive,are side elevations of the two rails coupled together with fish-platesembodying our invention together with the fish-joint chairs.

The fish-plates rest at each end on the fishplate-joint chairs and actas girders, forming by this method of application a flexible bridge forsupporting the ends of the rails from sleeper to sleeper, and thusmaintaining them in their vertical and lateral position.

The fish-plates are secured in the fish-platejoint chairs by means ofwedges, bolts, keys, or any other equivalent method or combination forproducing a like result, the plates being, as usual, secured to thesides of the rails by bolts and nuts.

The same letters of reference indicate like parts shown in theseveralfigures.

As will be observed by the drawings, the fish-plates A are fitted in theusual manner between the head and foot of the rails. The

feet I) of these fish-plates being prolonged below the rail, lap beneathit, wherethey take their bearing and are fixed in the fish-joint chairsB, the whole being locked together, to prevent spreading. by means ofwedges, keys, bolts, or some equivalent 0. On reference to the drawingsit will be seen that the chairs in which the fish-plates are held areslightly modified in form; but in all alike the principle ofconstruction is the same.

Figs. 1, 2, and 3 represent double-headed or bull-headed rails, whichare usually supported on chairs.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 represent flanged or Vignoles rails, which are usuallyfixed to the sleepers without chairs.

In cases where the bottom flanges of the Vignoles rails arecomparatively narrow the fish-plates are made to lap around them, as inFig. 5.

In cases where the bottom flange is formed comparatively broad, weeither turn down a partof the flange, as in Fig. 4, or cut a portion offthe side, as in Fi 6, for such length say eighteen inches-at the ends ofthe rail where the fish-plates are brought in contact with the rails.

By this method of fishing the joints of rails increased vertical andlateral strength is obtained, and consequently the vertical jolting, soinjurious to passengers and rolling-stock alike, is rendered practicallym'l, while at the same time affording increased security.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination, with either a doubleheaded rail or a Vignoles orflanged rail, the fish-plates A, supported in chairs B from one sleeperto another to form flexible bridges or girders supporting the ends ofthe rails from sleeper to sleeper in the manner, by the means, and forthe purpose herein set forth.

FREDERICK QHARLES WINBY. WALTER STRIOKLAND. Vitnesses:

A. O. HENDERSON, L. S. PICKERING, Both of 46 Southampton Buildings,England.

